Given name
Saffire
“one who is beautiful”·“a precious gem”
Saffire is a variant of Sapphire. Interpretations include “one who is beautiful” and “a precious gem”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Saffire is a variant of Sapphire. Interpretations include “one who is beautiful” and “a precious gem”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Saffire is a variant of Sapphire. Sapphire has been associated with Arabic and English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Saffire through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 65
- 0 boys · 65 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Saffire’s family of names
Saffire has a related form in Sapphire.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.